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2nd Chronicles 9 verse 8,

Blessed be the Lord your God who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the

Lord your God because your God loved Israel and would establish them forever. He has made you

king over them that you may execute justice and righteousness. So these words are spoken by

Queen Shiva to Solomon. Keep in mind, Queen Shiva, a pagan queen is the one who offers this

blessing to God. Blessed be the Lord your God. And in her blessing of God, I want to show you two

things and for us to pray according to them. First, what we see all over scripture when I hope

that we see continually as we pray through God's Word on this podcast is that God blesses his

people for his own glory among the nations. I think about it. God has blessed Solomon with wisdom.

God is blessing his people through Solomon's leadership. Why? So that a pagan queen like

Queen Shiva would come and declare the glory of God. God blesses his people for his own glory

among all the nations so that more and more people would see his glory in the way he loves his

people. This is from the very beginning, Genesis 12. I will bless you and through you my blessing

will we may known among all the peoples of the earth. So let's not be a people who are

self-centered when it comes to the blessing of God. God's blessing is not intended to center on us.

God's blessing is intended to spread through us. Our lives are intended to be a conduit of his

blessing for his glory among more and more people specifically among every single nation.

That's the first thing. And then second, to hear what Queen Shiva says at the very end, he says,

he has made you king over them, Solomon, that you may execute justice and righteousness.

God appoints leaders for the execution of justice and righteousness. And so second Chronicles 9,

verse 8, reminds all of us who are in any leadership positions in any way in our homes,

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